Neck-strap for horses



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No. 572,024. Patented Nov. 24, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN F. NEWMAN, OF MANASQUAN, NEW JERSEY.

NECK-STRAP FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,024, dated November24, 1896.

Application filed May 22, 1896. Serial No. 592,586. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN F. NEWMAN, of Manasquan, in the county ofMonmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedNeck-Strap for Horses, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to fastening devices for horses, in which aportion of a strap is designed to extend around the neck of a horse, anda leader or tying-strap is extended therefrom for engagement with a postor other hitching device. Devices of this character have heretofore beenmade, but in which a ring is employed designed to be engaged by asnap-hook at one end of the strap. This snap-hook attachment isobjectionable, because in cold weather it is uncomfortable to handle,and it is also apt to break and thus release the horse, and, further,with this kind of neck-strap it often happens that boys or other personsmischievously inclined will release the snap-hook from the ring whilepass ing a horse and thus release the animal.

The object of my invention is to obviate these difficulties orobjections.

I will describe a neck-strap embodying my improvement, and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indi-.

cate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 shows a neck-strap embodying my invention as attached to ahorse, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the strap.

The strap comprises a neck portion 1, having a ring 2 at its free endand a ring 3 at its opposite end, to which ring 3 a tie-strap or leader4 is also attached. In using this neckstrap the neck portion is to beplaced around the neck of a horse and then the tie-strap or leader 4:drawn through the ring 2 until said ring 2 engages with the ring 3. Thisring 3,

it will be seen, projects laterally from the edges of the strap, and itsexterior diameter being larger than the inner diameter of the ring 2 itis obvious that the said ring 3 will form a stop to limit the movementof the ring 2 and thereby prevent the strap from engaging too tightlyaround the neck of the horse.

To prevent the ring 2 from moving downward on the tie-strap or leader 4,I provide a stop on said tie-strap or leader adjacent to the connectionof said strap with the ring 3. As here shown, this stop consists of ametal plate 5, attached at one end to the tie-strap or leader andhavingits free end toward the ring 3 projected outward, or, in otherwords,

the said plate is inclined relatively to the tiestrap or leader.Preferably this plate 5 will be made of spring material, and thedistance of its free end from the tie-strap or leader will be somewhatgreater than the diameter of the ring 2.

Obviously when the strap at is drawn through the ring 2 the said ringmay be passed over the plate 5, as the said plate will yield inwardly.After passing the plate the same will spring outward and thereby form apocket or hook to prevent a downward movement of the ring 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A neck-strap, comprising a neck portion and a tieor lead portion, a ring connection between said two portions, a ring onthe end .of the neck portion, and a spring-plate attached to the tie orlead portion adjacent to its connection with the neck portion,substantially as specified.

2. A neck-strap, comprising a neck portion having a ring at one end, alead portion, a connection between the neck and lead portion,the saidconnection forming a stop for the movement of the ring in one direction,and a springstop for limiting the movement of the ring in the oppositedirection, and whereby the lead portion may be wholly separated from thering, substantially as specified.

. REUBEN F. NEWMAN. \Vitnesses:

WM. H. WALLING,

F. B. WooLLEY.

